Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information
For information concerning PCT member countries, see the notice
appearing in the Official Gazette at 1350 O.G. 73, on January 12, 2010.
For information on subject matter under Rule 39 that a particular
International Searching Authority will not search, see Annex D of the PCT
Applicants' Guide.
European Patent Office as Searching and Examining Authority
The European Patent Office (EPO) may act as the International Searching
Authority (ISA) for an international application filed with the United
States Receiving Office or the International Bureau (IB) as Receiving
Office where at least one of the applicants is either a national or
resident of the United States of America. However, the EPO is no longer
a competent ISA, within the meaning of PCT Article 16(3), for
international applications filed by U.S. residents or nationals on or
after March 1, 2002, in the USPTO or IB as a Receiving Office, and where
the application contains one or more claims directed to the field of
business methods. For the definition of what the EPO considers to be
precluded subject matter in the field of business methods, applicants
should see the "Notice from the President of the European Patent
Office", dated November 26, 2001, and which was published as Annex A in
the "Notice Concerning EPO Competence to Act as PCT Authority" in
the Official Gazette at 1255 O.G. 878, on February 19, 2002.
The European Patent Office may act as the International Preliminary
Examining Authority (IPEA) for an international application filed in the
United States Receiving Office or the International Bureau as Receiving
Office where at least one of the applicants is either a national or
resident of the United States of America, provided that the European
Patent Office acted as the International Searching Authority. However,
the EPO is no longer a competent IPEA, within the meaning of PCT Article
32(3), for international applications filed by U.S. residents or nationals
in the USPTO or IB as a Receiving Office where the corresponding demand is
filed with the EPO on or after March 1, 2002, and where the application
contains one or more claims directed to the field of business methods.
The search fee of the European Patent Office was increased, effective
January 1, 2011, and was announced in the Official Gazette at 1361 O.G.
180, on December 28, 2010.
Korean Intellectual Property Office as Searching and Examining Authority
For use of the Korean Intellectual Property Office as an International
Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority for
international applications filed in the United States Receiving Office,
see the notice appearing in the Official Gazette at 1302 O.G. 1261 on
January 17, 2006.
The search fee of the Korean Intellectual Property Office was increased,
effective January 1, 2011, and was announced in the Official Gazette at
1361 O.G. 180, on December 28, 2010.
Australian Patent Office as Searching and Examining Authority
The Australian Patent Office (IP Australia) may act as the International
Searching Authority (ISA) for an international application filed with the
United States Receiving Office or the International Bureau (IB) as
Receiving Office where at least one of the applicants is either a national
or resident of the United States of America. However, IP Australia is not a
competent ISA, within the meaning of PCT Artical 16(3), for international
applications filed by U.S. residents or nationals in the USPTO or IB as a
Receiving Office, and where the application contains one or more claims

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directed to the field of business methods or mechanical inventions.
IP Australia may act as the International Preliminary Examining
Authority (IPEA) for an international application filed in the United
States Receiving Office or the International Bureau as Receiving Office
where at least one of the applicants is either a national or resident of
the United States of America, provided that IP Australia acted as the
International Searching Authority. However, IP Australia is not a competent
IPEA, within the meaning of PCT Article 32(3), for international
applications filed by U.S. residents or nationals in the USPTO or IB as a
Receiving Office where the corresponding demand is filed with IP Australia
and where the application contains one or more claims directed to the
fields of business methods or mechanical engineering or analogous fields of
technology as defined by specified areas of the International Patent
Classification System, as indicated in Annex A to the agreement between the
USPTO and IP Australia. See the notice appearing in the Official Gazette
at 1337 O.G. 261 on December 23, 2008.
For use of IP Australia as an International Searching Authority and
International Preliminary Examining Authority for international
applications filed in the United States Receiving Office, see the notice
appearing in the Official Gazette at 1337 O.G. 265 on December 23, 2008.
The search fee of IP Australia was increased, effective January 1, 2011,
and was announced in the Official Gazette at 1361 O.G. 180, on December 28,
2010.
Fees
The transmittal fee and search fees for the USPTO were changed,
effective January 12, 2009, and were announced in the Federal Register on
November 12, 2008. The fee for filing a request for the restoration of the
right of priority was established, effective November 9, 2007, and was
announced in the Federal Register on September 10, 2007.
International filing fees were increased, effective November 1, 2010, and
were announced in the Official Gazette at 1360 O.G. 5, on November 2, 2010.
The schedule of PCT fees (in U.S. dollars), as of January 1, 2011, is
as follows:
International Application (PCT Chapter I) fees:
Transmittal fee $240.00
Search fee
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as
International Searching Authority (ISA)
- Search fee $2,080.00
- Supplemental search fee, per additional
invention (payable only upon invitation) $2,080.00
European Patent Office as ISA $2,443.00
Korean Intellectual Property Office as ISA
- for international applications filed in English $1,157.00
IP Australia as ISA $1,837.00
International fees
International filing fee $1,367.00
International filing fee-filed in paper
with PCT EASY zip file or
electronically without PCT EASY zip file $1,264.00

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International filing fee-filed
electronically with PCT EASY zip files $1,161.00
Supplemental fee for each page over 30 $15.00
Restoration of Priority
Filing a request for the restoration of the
right of priority under § 1.452 $1,410.00
International Application (PCT Chapter II) fees associated
with filing a Demand for Preliminary Examination:
Handling fee $206.00
Handling fee-90% reduction, if applicants meet criteria
specified at:
http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/fees/fee_reduction.pdf $20.60
Preliminary Examination Fee
USPTO as International Preliminary
Examining Authority (IPEA)
- USPTO was ISA in PCT Chapter I $600.00
- USPTO was not ISA in PCT Chapter I $750.00
- Additional preliminary examination fee,
per additional invention
(payable only upon invitation) $600.00
U.S. National Stage fees (for international applications entering
the U.S. national phase under 35 U.S.C. 371) can be found on the USPTO's
Web site (www.uspto.gov).
December 13, 2010 ROBERT W. BAHR
Acting Associate Commissioner
for Patent Examination Policy
United States Patent and Trademark Office

Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable
Title 37 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Section 1.362(d) provides
that maintenance fees may be paid without surcharge for the six-month
period beginning 3, 7, and 11 years after the date of issue of patents
based on applications filed on or after Dec. 12, 1980. An additional
six-month grace period is provided by 35 U.S.C. 41(b) and 37 CFR 1.362(e)
for payment of the maintenance fee with the surcharge set forth in 37 CFR
1.20(h), as amended effective Dec. 16, 1991. If the maintenance fee is
not paid in the patent requiring such payment the patent will expire on
the 4th, 8th, or 12th anniversary of the grant.
Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on January 29, 2008
for which maintenance fees due at 3 years and six months may now be paid.
The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges:
Utility Patents 7,322,049 through 7,325,253
Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.
Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on January 27, 2004
for which maintenance fees due at 7 years and six months may now be paid.
The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges:
Utility Patents 6,681,399 through 6,684,403
Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.
Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on January 25, 2000
for which maintenance fees due at 11 years and six months may now be paid.
The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges:
Utility Patents 6,016,569 through 6,018,818
Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.
No maintenance fees are required for design or plant patents.
Payments of maintenance fees in patents may be submitted electronically
over the Internet at www.uspto.gov. Click on the "Site Index" link at the
top of the homepage (www.uspto.gov), and then scroll down and click on the
"Maintenance Fees" link for more information.
Payments of maintenance fees in patents not submitted electronically
over the Internet should be mailed to "United States Patent and Trademark
Office, P.O. Box 979070, St. Louis, MO 63197-9000".
Correspondence related to maintenance fees other than payments of
maintenance fees in patents is not to be mailed to P.O. Box 979070,
St. Louis, MO 63197-9000, but must be mailed to "Mail Stop M
Correspondence, Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, P.O.
Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450".
Patent owners must establish small entity status according to 37 CFR
1.27 if they have not done so and if they wish to pay the small entity
amount.
The current amounts of the maintenance fees due at 3 years and six
months, 7 years and six months, and 11 years and six months are set forth
in the most recently amended provisions in 37 CFR 1.20(e)-(g). To obtain
the current maintenance fee amounts, please call the USPTO Contact Center
at (800)-786-9199 or see the current USPTO fee schedule posted on the USPTO
Internet web site. At the top of the USPTO homepage at www.uspto.gov, click
on the "Site Index" link and then scroll down and click on the "Fees,
USPTO" link to find the current USPTO fee schedule.

Erratum
In the notice of "PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON July 27, 2003 DUE TO FAILURE
TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES" appearing in the Official Gazette of September 23,
2003, reference to Patent No. 5,927,782 which issued from Application No.
09/030,698 should have been included since the relevant maintenance fee and
applicable surcharge were not timely paid in that patent.

Service by Publication
A petition to cancel the registration identified below having been
filed, and the notice of such proceeding sent to registrant at the last
known address having been returned by the Postal Service as undeliverable,
notice is hereby given that unless the registrant listed herein, its
assigns or legal representatives, shall enter an appearance within thirty
days of this publication, the cancellation will proceed as in the case of
default.
Shizue Yoshida, Youngstown, OH, Registration No. 3569791 for the mark
"GOGOBAG", Cancellation No. 92053210.
LALITA R. GREER
Paralegal Specialist
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for
LYNNE G. BERESFORD
Commissioner for Trademarks
Service by Publication
A notice of opposition to the registration of the mark in the
application identified below having been filed, and the notice of such
proceeding sent to applicant at the last known address having been returned
by the Postal Service as undeliverable, notice is hereby given that unless
the applicant listed herein, its assigns or legal representatives, shall
enter an appearance within thirty days of this publication, the opposition
will proceed as in the case of default.
Famous Tee L.L.C., Detroit, MI, Application Serial No. 77913534 for the
mark "FAMOUS TEE", Opposition No. 91197321.
TYRONE CRAVEN
Paralegal Specialist
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for
LYNNE G. BERESFORD
Commissioner for Trademarks

37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication
Notice is hereby given of the filing of an application with a petition
under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application without the
signature of the inventor. The petition has been granted. A notice has been
sent to the last known address of the non-signing inventor. The inventor
whose signature is missing (Parveen Kumar Goel) may join in the application
by promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration complying with 37 CFR
1.63. The international application number is PCT/AU2008/000717 and was
filed on 21 May 2008, in the names of Neelendra Bhandari, Prieshkumar D
Joshi, Chandrakanth C Reddy and Parveen Kumar Goel for the invention
entitled SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMISSIONING ACCESS CONTROL DEVICES. The
national stage application number is 12/601,610 and has a 35 U.S.C. §
371(c)(1), (c)(2) and (c)(4) date of 19 May 2010.
37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication
Notice is hereby given of the filing of an application with a petition
under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application without the
signature of all inventors. The petition has been granted. A notice has
been sent to the last known address of the non-signing inventor. The
inventor whose signatures is missing (Mr. Hubert RAMY) may join in the
application by promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration complying
with 37 CFR 1.63. The international application number is PCT/FR2007/001881
and was filed on 15 November 2007 in the name of Mr. Hubert RAMY for the
invention entitled SALT SUBSTITUTE AND COMPOSITION, FOR EXAMPLE FOOD
COMPOSITION, COMPRISING IT. The national stage application number is
12/515,081.
37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication
Notice is hereby given of the filing of a national stage application
with a petition under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application
without the signature of all of the inventors. The petition has been
granted. A notice has been sent to the last known address of the
non-signing inventor, Victor Raul Gomez-Roman. The inventor whose signature
is missing may join in the application by promptly filing an appropriate
oath or declaration complying with 37 CFR 1.63. The international
application number is PCT/US2006/041023 and was filed on 17 October 2006 in
the names of Susan Barnett, Victor Raul Gomez-Roman, Brian Burke, Ying Lian
and Indresh K Srivastava for the invention entitled Multiclade Hiv
Vaccines. The national stage application is assigned number 12/083,905 and
has a 35 U.S.C. 371(c)(1), (c)(2) and (c)(4) date of 08 November 2010.
37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication
Notice is hereby given of the filing of a national stage application
with a petition under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application
without the signature of all inventors. The petition has been granted. A
notice has been sent to the last known address of the non-signing inventor.
The inventor whose signature is missing (John Michael Walker) may join in
the application by promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration
complying with 37 CFR 1.63. The international application number is
PCT/EP2007/050706 and was filed on 24 January 2007 in the names John
Michael WALKER; Alfredo GONZALEZ; and Manuel CARDENO and for the invention
entitled METHODS, APPARATUSES AND SOFTWARE FOR PROVIDING THE SERVICE
CONTROL NODE WITH FILTER CRITERIA. The national stage application number is
12/524,031 and has a 35 U.S.C. 371 date of 26 April 2010.
37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication
Notice is hereby given of the filing of an application with a petition
under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application without the
signature of the inventor. The petition has been granted. A notice has been
sent to the last known address of the non-signing inventor. The inventor
whose signature is missing (Jingyun Zhang and David Tuschel) may join in
the application by promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration
complying with 37 CFR 1.63. The international application number is
PCT/US2007/079880 and was filed on 28 September 2007, in the names of
Xinghua Wang, Patrick J. Treado, Charles W. Gardner, David Tuschel and
Jingyun Zhang for the invention entitled SPECTRAL IMAGING SYSTEM. The
national stage application number is 12/441,420 and has a 35 U.S.C. §
371(c)(1), (c)(2) and (c)(4) date of 14 July 2010.

Notice of Stayed Suspension
Stephen R. Greiner of Bethesda, Maryland, is a registered patent
attorney (Registration Number 36,817). Mr. Greiner has been suspended for
twenty-four (24) months with the entirety of the suspension stayed and
placed on probation for a period of twenty-four (24) months by the United
States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) for violating 37 C.F.R. §§
10.23(b)(4), for conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or
misrepresentation; 10.23(b)(6), for conduct reflecting adversely on a
practitioner's fitness to practice before the Office; 10.23(c)(3), for
misappropriating or failing to properly or timely remit funds received by a
practitioner or the practitioner's law firm from a client to pay a fee
which the client is required to pay to the Office; 10.77(c), for neglecting
entrusted legal matters; and 10.112(b) for commingling funds. Mr. Greiner
is permitted to practice before the Office during his probation unless the
stay of the suspension is lifted.
Mr. Greiner submitted checks to the Office drawn on his operating
account, but he failed to maintain sufficient funds in the account when the
checks were presented for payment. Although the Office's Code of
Professional Responsibility permits payments of costs and expenses advanced
by a client to be deposited in an operating account, he had a fiduciary
responsibility for preserving those funds such that the funds could not be
impermissibly invaded and depleted. Mr. Greiner failed to timely pay fees
to the USPTO for which the client had given money and for failed to timely
file a Statement of Use after Notice in a Trademark application so that the
application went abandoned. He commingled funds belonging to the
practitioner or the practitioner's firm with advanced funds belonging to a
client by failing to deposit unearned client fees in a sequestered account
and commingled the unearned client funds with his personal and business
funds. Mr. Greiner, however, immediately undertook remedial action upon
receipt of notice of the investigation of his handling of client funds to
ensure that the conduct herein would never reoccur and to pay all
outstanding fees.
This action is the result of a settlement agreement between Mr. Greiner
and the OED Director pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §§ 2(b)(2)(D) and 32, and 37
C.F.R. §§ 11.20 and 11.26 and 11.59. Disciplinary decisions involving
practitioners are posted for public reading at the Office of Enrollment and
Discipline's Reading Room located at:
http://des.uspto.gov/Foia/OEDReadingRoom.jsp.
January 18, 2011 WILLIAM R. COVEY
Deputy General Counsel
on behalf of
DAVID KAPPOS
Under Secretary of Commerce for
Intellectual Property and Director of the
United States Patent and Trademark Office

"NAME A STAR" [registering dedication names selected by customers together with a specific star, and providing personalized certificates of registration and other materials about stars and celestial bodies]

"INTERNATIONAL STAR REGISTRY NAME A STAR" [various booklets, brochures, charts and certificates, relating to celestial bodies, astronomy and the naming of a star with the customer’s name] [mail order, telephone and on-line retail store services relating to the above]

No

1-3

EX

77363645

BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P.

2(e)(1)

Refusal Affirmed

"SMART SAFETY SYSTEMS" [sensors and detector units for use in controlling the actuation and operation of firearms, ammunition, projectiles, explosives, missiles, and weapons]

"ALARIS" and "ALARIS SELECT" [medical consulting services in the field of workers compensation] "ALARIS ADVANTAGE" [franchising services in medical consulting in the field of workers compensation] [and for services noted above] ["ALARISWARE" (stylized) [software for collecting, editing, organizing, modifying, book marking, transmission, storage, reporting and sharing of data for medical consulting] "ALARIS" [franchising services in medical consulting in the field of workers compensation]

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P.O. Box 979070
St. Louis, MO 63197-9000
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Maintenance Fee) using hand-delivery and delivery by private courier
may be made to:
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Attn: Maintenance Fee
2051 Jamieson Avenue, Suite 300
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
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United States Patent and Trademark Office
P.O. Box 979065
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using hand-delivery and delivery by private courier (e.g., FedEx, UPS, etc.)
may be delivered to:
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Attn: Deposit Accounts
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